But I love to entertain. My vocation is to accrue all these experiences, to write about them, to get them out of my system, to not get sick, and then to share them publicly.

Trauma happens in relationships, so it can only be healed in relationships. Art can't provide healing. It can be cathartic and therapeutic but a relationship is a three-part journey.

I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one's body as an instrument rather than just an ornament.

There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find what I am doing now more refreshing.

I'm quite obsessed with the idea of nailing the girl friendship. It's such an art, so delicate.

Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one.

I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't.